D&D 5E (2024) The Versatile STR Fighter: Melee with a Real Ranged Option

[W'rkncacnter]

IMO Blind fighting is by far the best fighting style. I used to believe in Dueling and Two-Weapon Fighting and I would take defense if I did not want to lock myself into one of them, but after playing a PC with blind fighting I think it is clearly the best in effectiveness at the table.

im not sure if this is a joke but if it's not i'd say it's really situational. if you're in a lot of situations where your vision on the enemy is hindered for some reason (e.g. they're invisible or you're playing a human and there's a lot of dark areas and not a lot of light) and you're a melee character, then yeah, blind fighting is second to none. but otherwise it's pretty useless, or will only occasionally come up at best. it's arguably the coolest style conceptually, though.

personally i think archery is the best for builds that can make use of it by far. +2 to all ranged weapon attacks forever is absolutely ridiculous. defense is a good option if you're not super interested in anything else, because even if it only increases the odds of not getting hit by a small amount...you're a martial. you're probably getting attacked a LOT. twf just exists to make duel wielding viable, and dueling is gwf but objectively better (only held back by the weapons it applies to doing less base damage).

 

[Minigiant]

We are speaking of 3d6 damage at level 20.
Lower AC. Lower classical rogue skills. No way to dual wield. Which lowers the damage gap significantly.

So this whole optimizer thing is way overblown in 5e.
Good that people are doing the math. But even their conclusion is that every class is playable. Even when unoptimized.

The ceiling in 5e is lower. The floor inn5e is higher.
The real issue is the look.